A man accused of cultivating cannabis following a police raid on a bungalow in Birkdale has appeared at Liverpool Crown Court.

Qin Xian He is alleged to have been a gardener at the sophisticated cannabis farm inside the property in Weld Road.

The 46-year-old faces charges of cultivating cannabis and abstracting electricity on August 3.

He appeared via video link equipment from Walton prison accompanied by a Mandarin interpreter as the court heard that he does not speak English.

His barrister Henry Riding said that He's legal team had been unable to get full instructions because of language difficulties. He asked for the case to be adjourned so that more instructions could be obtained.

He, of no fixed adddress, was further remanded in custody until November 13 and a trial date was provisionally fixed to begin on December 17.